Scribes and Scripts: Calligraphy in the High Middle Ages

This spectacular oversize volume offers a new way to look at the illuminated manuscripts of the High Middle Ages—through the magnificent handwriting of their scribes.

In the era from 1000 to 1250, Europe underwent momentous social changes—including a growth in literacy and the emergence of the first universities—that resulted in a demand for more books. This in turn spurred new methods of book production and a critical period of development in calligraphy: through a series of incremental cha...